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Securities America Named a Top 10 Firm in Think Advisor’s Annual Broker-Dealer Reference Guide
May 28, 2020 | Media Mentions, News
Securities America was named a top 10 firm in several categories in ThinkAdvisor’s annual Broker-Dealer Reference Guide. Securities America ranked sixth in Reps with Their Own RIA (18.7%, with 25% of the Total Rep Force holding a CFP designation), eighth in Gross Dealer Revenue and ninth in Number of Registered Reps.
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Advisor Group To Fold Three Ladenburg Firms Into Securities America
May 12, 2020 | Media Mentions, News
Six months after acquiring Ladenburg Thalmann and its five broker/dealers in a $1.3 billion deal, Advisor Group will integrate three of those b/ds under the Securities America banner.
The move will leave Securities America and Triad Advisors as the only remaining stand-alone firms from the Ladenburg acquisition. The transition should be completed by the end of the year, according to Advisor Group CEO Jamie Price.
Price said that much of the business functions of the three b/ds slated to merge—Investacorp, Securities Service Network (SSN) and KMS Financial Services—were already being performed by Securities America’s operations group...
Other than a small portion of KMS accounts, no repapering would be needed, according to Price, who said just under 1,000 advisors would be affected by the transition. Larry Roth, a managing partner with RLP Financial Partners, said that the realignment would likely help expedite financial professional’s access to Advisor Group’s technology stack.
“I think this will be quite good for advisors and get them what they need than if they had built it out over time,” he said.
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Investacorp, Securities Service Network and KMS Financial Services to Become Part of Securities America
May 12, 2020 | Press Releases, News
Investacorp, Securities Service Network and KMS Financial Services will be integrated into Securities America under an organizational realignment. Advisor Group is making the drive to accelerate delivery of its industry-leading technology, platforms and growth resources to all financial professionals across its recently expanded organization.
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Advisor Group Announces Expansion of Coronavirus Response Resource Center to Support Financial Professionals During Unprecedented Conditions
May 01, 2020 | Press Releases
Advisor Group has expanded its Coronavirus Response Resource Center, a platform of specialized services and solutions that has been providing support and guidance for financial professionals to most effectively manage their businesses and serve the unique needs of clients during the current COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing market disruption.
This most recent expansion of the Coronavirus Response Resource Center encompasses a new digital peer-to-peer best practices sharing platform, making it the most recent addition to a comprehensive spectrum of COVID-19-related resources and tools...
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Securities America Recruits 20/20 Wealth Management
April 13, 2020 | Press Releases
Advisor Group, the nation’s largest network of independent wealth management firms, and Securities America today announced the successful recruitment of 20/20 Wealth Management Group, a hybrid financial advisory practice based in Auburn, Ala. with more than $120 million in total client assets. The practice has affiliated with Securities America through one of its corporate RIAs, Arbor Point Advisors, as well as through Bay View Capital Advisory Group, a Super-OSJ based in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Securities America Snags $120M Team From Cetera
April 13, 2020 | Media Mentions, News
Newly acquired independent broker/dealer Securities America has recruited an Auburn, Ala.-based hybrid advisory practice with $120 million in client assets.
20 / 20 Wealth Management Group, which will affiliate with Arbor Point Advisors, its corporate registered investment advisor, and Bay View Capital Advisory Group, a super-OSJ based in St. Petersburg, Fla., joins from Cetera Advisor Networks.
The move represents a big win for Securities America since its former parent, Ladenburg Thalmann, was acquired by Advisor Group in February.
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Pathfinders: Successful Women in U.S. Financial History - Mickie Siebert
March 11, 2020 | Announcements
The successful women in U.S. financial history profiled here weren’t thinking of making a mark for posterity. They were just doing the best they could. For their family, their community and themselves. But in doing so, they changed history and left their stories behind for inspiration.
Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, 1928-2013
Muriel “Mickie” Siebert was just looking after herself. Often referred to as “The First Woman of Finance,” in 1967 Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. But her journey to the pinnacle of the finance world started in tragedy.
Siebert’s father developed cancer during her junior year in college, and the family could no longer pay tuition. Determined to make her own way, she dropped out of college and, refusing to marry for security, moved to Manhattan to support herself. Through creative self-promotion, she got a job as an entry-level research analyst and began learning the brokerage business from the ground up.
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A fond and grateful farewell to Ladenburg Thalmann and hello to new beginnings
March 10, 2020 | Media Mentions, Announcements
At Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services’ annual fee-based advisory conference in January, we welcomed financial advisors, home office executives and strategic partners from across the country. Enthusiasm among the event’s participants was reinforced by new faces from our merger partners at Advisor Group, and our shared message of optimism about the future of our combined company, and our broader industry.
The diversity and success represented by the participants from Advisor Group and Ladenburg was a cause for celebration of all that we have created at Ladenburg over the past 15 years. We have been privileged to help shape the rapid evolution of an industry that, at its core, is all about helping individuals and families across the country to meet their life goals.
In recent months, as we approached the completion of Ladenburg Thalmann’s merger with Advisor Group, we have reflected on our remarkable journey. Our transaction with Advisor Group is more than just one of the largest and most high-profile deals in the history of our industry – it is a culmination of strategy and execution by many individuals, with lessons for our broader industry.
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Pathfinders: Successful Women in U.S. Financial History
March 05, 2020 | News
The successful women in U.S. financial history profiled here weren’t thinking of making a mark for posterity. They were just doing the best they could. For their family, their community and themselves. But in doing so, they changed history and left their stories behind for inspiration.
Abigail Adams, 1744-1818
Abigail Adams was just looking out for her family.
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Scott Briganti Promoted to First Vice President Branch Office Development
February 27, 2020 | Announcements, News
Securities America has promoted Scott Briganti to first vice president of Branch Office Development.
Briganti started with Securities America as a call center specialist with very little knowledge of the broker dealer industry but with a passion to learn the business and provide the best possible service to the firm’s independent advisors and their growing practices.
Briganti moved into Securities America’s recruiting team in 2000 as an associate consultant and was soon fluent with all aspects of the sales and onboarding process for new advisors. In 2006, he was promoted and given his first official state territory of Colorado...
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